Backend Engineer | Mid - Senior | Business Onboarding & Setup Team

Nord Security; Polska; Remote; PLN 280,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and growth opportunities

Private health insurance (Poland)

Work from anywhere

Team events

Company trips

Job summary

NordPass by Nord Security is seeking a skilled PHP backend engineer to help build secure, scalable password management services. You will work on features with Symfony/Slim, implement robust tests, and contribute to architectural decisions.

This role offers remote work flexibility, ongoing learning, and exposure to cloud services and modern tooling. Candidates with 3+ years in PHP and strong design patterns are welcome.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of PHP-based development, with Symfony or Slim.
• Strong OOP, asynchronous programming and design patterns.
• Understanding CI/CD, unit tests and integration tests.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to the development of new features and maintaining existing systems.
• Delivering high-quality, secure, and well-tested code.
• Participating in technical design decisions and refining processes.
• Engaging in team ceremonies and improving workflows.

Skills

PHP & Symfony

OOP & Design Patterns

CI/CD & Testing

Product engineering mindset

Tools

Golang

MySQL

Redis

RabbitMQ

DynamoDB

Sentry

Grafana

Docker

Git

Jira

Confluence

Job description

At NordPass, we’re making password security effortless.

We believe logins should be safer and simpler. Join the team behind NordPass— a password manager trusted by 7M+ users and 10,000+ global companies to secure credentials, cards, and sensitive data.

Your impact?

Helping millions secure their digital lives by creating smarter, safer ways to log in.

Main Responsibilities

• Contributing to the development of new features and maintaining the existing systems;
• Delivering high-quality, maintainable, secure, and well-tested code;
• Taking an active part in technical design decisions, refining processes, and contributing to the overall strategic direction of the product;
• Engaging in and facilitating various team ceremonies and improving processes.

Core Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience working with PHP and developing codebases written in its frameworks (Symfony, Slim);
• Solid understanding of OOP, asynchronous programming, and design patterns;
• Understanding of core CI/CD principles, unit testing, and integration testing;
• Product engineering mindset, focused on problems, outcomes, and impact.

Bonus Points For

• Experience implementing and optimizing secure authentication flows (e.g. OAuth, OIDC, JWT) and Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions;
• Hands-on experience using AI tools to augment engineering (e.g. code generation, test creation, performance tuning, and debugging), with strong ownership of outputs and results;
• Experience with AWS services (e.g. SNS/SQS, DynamoDB, EventBridge, ECS, S3);
• Familiarity with cryptography;
• Familiarity with Kubernetes.

Tools You Will Use

• PHP 8;
• Golang;
• MySQL;
• Redis;
• RabbitMQ;
• DynamoDB;
• Sentry;
• Grafana;
• Docker;
• Git;
• Jira;
• Confluence.

What we offer

• Sharpen your edge: training, mentorship, and room to grow — always.
• Take the time you need: extra vacation days, sick days, and time off when life calls.
• Get premium healthcare: private health insurance in Lithuania and Poland — fully covered.
• Protect your peace: enjoy free subscriptions to Calm, Headspace, and Mindletic, and our own resilience and mindfulness trainings.
• Own your fitness: in-house gyms, sport cards, online workouts, and personal guidance — on us.
• Pack your bags for workation: experience our company-wide trip abroad to the fullest.
• Work from anywhere: work from wherever keeps you in the zone.
• Celebrate your milestones: birthdays, weddings, and new family members — all deserve a gift.
• Parent with ease: children’s summer camps and flexibility around the schedule — because parenting never pauses.
• Join the party: team building and company events people talk about for months.
• Unlock Cyber City: coffee bar, open gyms, kids’ room, music room, massage chairs — our Vilnius HQ is yours to enjoy.

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